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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Writer and comedian of hit BBC 90s show comes up north as part of tour
Rob Newman, best known for the sketch show The Mary Whitehouse Experience will be coming up north as part of a 2025/26 tour. Rob, who paired with David Baddiel for the hit comedy series will be taking to the stage in Chorley and The Lowry Theatre. The BBC 2 show won both Rob and David a legion of fans, and the duo were the first comedians to play and sell out the 12,000-seat Wembley Arena in London in 1993. They starred alongside Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis in The Mary Whitehouse Experience in the 1990s, before getting their own show, Newman and Baddiel in Pieces. Rob then pursued a literary career before returning to comedy with an added political edge. His blend of lecture and stand-up has seen him cover topics such as evolution, the war on terror and the history of oil. Rob will be embarking on his Where the Wild Things Were tour this year, heading to Chorley Theatre on January 17 and The Lowry on Sunday, February 1. The promo material for the show states: "From Rob Newman comes a barnstorming new stand-up show about where we are and where we're going. From future cities and philistine film directors to Dorothy Parker's Multiverse Diaries. Throw in Pythagorean gangsters, intellectual bingo callers and a crazy character called Arlo - and the result is a hilarious tour-de force utterly unlike anything else you will ever see anywhere else!" For tickets are more information visit the theatre websites. Rob and David went their separate ways until the two were pictured together after Rob got back in touch via Twitter in 2017, after Rob requested tickets to see David's theatre show.
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- General
- Daily Mirror
'Most intelligent' place to live is named - and it's not Oxford or Cambridge
An interactive map shows you how many school children go on to study for a degree at university where you live and the figure can be compared with different areas of the country It's famous as the home of Wembley and as the most ethnically-diverse area in the country but it has also been named as the "smartest" or "most intelligent" place to live. The London borough of Brent is the cleverest place in England based on academic results - with more than five out of six school children going on to study for a degree at university. A total of 7,272 students who went to local authority-maintained schools in the area between the 2015/16 and 2020/21 academic years went on to study a degree. That works out as 84% who completed their 16 to 18 study at a school in Brent. It's the highest ratio of any council area in England, giving Brent a claim to be the country's brightest town. Perhaps surprisingly, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire rank lower than Brent, despite being home to the two oldest, wealthiest and most prestigious universities in the UK. You can see how your area compares by using our interactive map. Brent has been identified as the most ethnically diverse area in the country by place of birth - only 43.9 per cent of people in the area were born in the UK, which is lower than any other local authority. The borough has the highest proportion of Irish residents in the country and also large Indian, Brazilian and Afro-Caribbean communities. Famous former pupils of schools in Brent include George Michael, David Baddiel and Twiggy. The London boroughs of Redbridge and Ealing aren't far behind Brent though, with 83% of pupils having gone on to study a degree over the same time period. Harrow and Kensington and Chelsea are next at 82% each, followed by Barnet at 80% then Merton, Sutton and Southwark at 80% each. Rutland has the highest ratio outside of London (78%) followed by Buckinghamshire (77%), Reading (74%) and Buckinghamshire (74%). Meanwhile, elsewhere in England, Trafford (73%) and Manchester (72%) have the highest ratios in the North. Knowsley has the lowest ratio of students making it to study a degree. Only 40% of pupils to complete their 16 to 18 study at local authority maintained schools in the area went on to study a degree. Swindon fared slightly better at 42%, followed by Hartlepool (44%), Portsmouth (46%) and Barnsley (also 46%).
Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
The Left don't care about racist attacks when the victims are Jews
On Monday evening, three Jewish teenagers were attacked at Hampstead Underground station. According to a report by Jewish security charity Shomrim, a group of six or seven men attacked the boys, one of whom had to be taken to hospital. It was, British Transport Police later said, a 'racially motivated assault'. Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It's just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it's only Jews. Let's try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry? But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don't count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight. The hate marches which are now a regular feature of city life are suffused with anti=Semitism. Backing for Palestinian 'resistance' – terror – is ubiquitous. Support for Hamas and Hezbollah – both of which are prescribed – is repeatedly on display. Calls to 'globalise the intifada' – are the norm. You want to globalise the intifada? Start at Hampstead underground station – after last week's murders in Washington DC. But it's not the perpetrators of hate who are dealt with. It's those who oppose it. Last week, for example, the Telegraph reported that a Jewish counter-protester was arrested and charged after he was seen holding a placard satirising Hassan Nasrallah, the former Hezbollah leader. In his police questioning he was asked over and over again if he agreed that the image would offend 'clearly pro-Hezbollah and anti-Israel' activists. No one who follows the police's actions – last year the Met pinned down a counter-protestor carrying a banner reading 'Hamas is terrorist' at a march and then arrested him – will be remotely surprised by this. At a march in Manchester after the October 7 massacre, for example, a banner reading 'Manchester supports Palestinian resistance' was protected by police standing alongside it. Open anti-Semitism is rarely met by action, but it is often accompanied by drivel, the most frequent example of which is the phrase repeated ad nauseam by politicians that 'There is no place for anti-Semitism', followed by the name of a city or an organisation which has just proved there is every place for anti-Semitism in its fold. In December, for example, after an expose of truly shocking examples of open anti-Semitism from NHS staff, health secretary Wes Streeting came out with the usual words: 'There is no place for anti-Semitism in the NHS'. The expose had shown that there is in fact a warm welcome for anti-Semitism in the NHS, with none of the NHS Trusts or managers having done anything about it. The same phrase falls regularly from the mouths of Yvette Cooper and Sir Sadiq Khan, but only after an incident which has proved the opposite. This time, after Monday's attack on three Jewish boys on the Underground, they can't even be bothered to be as unbothered as before and trot out some meaningless platitude. Jews hate? Assault? We really don't care. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
4 days ago
- General
- Telegraph
The Left don't care about racist attacks when the victims are Jews
On Monday evening, three Jewish teenagers were attacked at Hampstead Underground station. According to a report by Jewish security charity Shomrim, a group of six or seven men attacked the boys, one of whom had to be taken to hospital. It was, British Transport Police later said, a 'racially motivated assault'. Unless you read the Jewish media, you will be entirely unaware of what seems to be the latest attack on Jews for being Jews. Not a word on the BBC; not a word anywhere. Not a peep from any minister. Not a dickie bird from the Mayor of London. Nothing. It's just another incident. Just another statistic. Just another yawn, in fact. So what; it's only Jews. Let's try a thought experiment. Imagine it had not been Jewish teenagers attacked for doing nothing except being visibly Jewish. Imagine instead it had been three Muslim boys attacked by a gang of skinhead thugs. Do you think there would have been total silence in response? Do you think the Home Secretary and other figures would have been mute? Do you think the Mayor of London would have ignored the attack completely? Or do you think, as I do, that there would have been entirely justified outrage, and that we would likely even now be in the middle of a national debate over bigotry? But it was Jews who were attacked, and – as we have seen with unrelenting, unremitting frequency since the hate marches began after the October 7 massacre of 1200 Jews by Hamas – Jews don't count, as David Baddiel put it in his brilliant book of that title. Because the lack of any response to this attack is not a one-off. It is part of a now deeply entrenched pattern demonstrating that when it comes to hatred and bigotry, so long as Jews are the target then the bar that needs to be crossed for action in response is not so much high as out of sight. The hate marches which are now a regular feature of city life are suffused with anti=Semitism. Backing for Palestinian 'resistance' – terror – is ubiquitous. Support for Hamas and Hezbollah – both of which are prescribed – is repeatedly on display. Calls to 'globalise the intifada' – are the norm. You want to globalise the intifada? Start at Hampstead underground station – after last week's murders in Washington DC. But it's not the perpetrators of hate who are dealt with. It's those who oppose it. Last week, for example, the Telegraph reported that a Jewish counter-protester was arrested and charged after he was seen holding a placard satirising Hassan Nasrallah, the former Hezbollah leader. In his police questioning he was asked over and over again if he agreed that the image would offend 'clearly pro-Hezbollah and anti-Israel' activists. No one who follows the police's actions – last year the Met pinned down a counter-protestor carrying a banner reading 'Hamas is terrorist' at a march and then arrested him – will be remotely surprised by this. At a march in Manchester after the October 7 massacre, for example, a banner reading 'Manchester supports Palestinian resistance' was protected by police standing alongside it. Open anti-Semitism is rarely met by action, but it is often accompanied by drivel, the most frequent example of which is the phrase repeated ad nauseam by politicians that 'There is no place for anti-Semitism', followed by the name of a city or an organisation which has just proved there is every place for anti-Semitism in its fold. In December, for example, after an expose of truly shocking examples of open anti-Semitism from NHS staff, health secretary Wes Streeting came out with the usual words: 'There is no place for anti-Semitism in the NHS'. The expose had shown that there is in fact a warm welcome for anti-Semitism in the NHS, with none of the NHS Trusts or managers having done anything about it. The same phrase falls regularly from the mouths of Yvette Cooper and Sir Sadiq Khan, but only after an incident which has proved the opposite. This time, after Monday's attack on three Jewish boys on the Underground, they can't even be bothered to be as unbothered as before and trot out some meaningless platitude. Jews hate? Assault? We really don't care.
The Sun
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Peppa Pig fans stunned when they see what Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig looks like in real life as piglet number three arrives
CELEBRATIONS are in order as Peppa Pig's Mummy Pig has welcomed her third child. The cartoon character has just given birth to a baby piglet called Evie in news revealed on Tuesday's Good Morning Britain. 14 14 14 The fictional Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig are already parents to Peppa, four, and George, two. However, fans have been left stunned after seeing what the cartoon parents look like in real life. Mummy Pig is voiced by comedy star Morwenna Banks, who also plays Madame Gazelle and Dr Hamster in the show. In total, she's played the famed sow in over 169 episodes between 2004 and 2022. Speaking to Cornwall Living about the role, Morwenna said: 'I'm proud of being Mummy Pig and Madame Gazelle in Peppa Pig! 'No-one was prepared for the phenomenon of Peppa. 'All I can say is that the creators, Neville Astley and Mark Baker are brilliant, truly creative, lovely people and were as shocked as anyone that this success came their way. 'Who knows what the key is – excellent funny writing, brilliant designs, honesty and of course the voices are what really make it special.' The actress is married to comedian and writer David Baddiel, who is well known for his No1 hit with football anthem Three Lions, and the pair have two children, a daughter Dolly and a son Ezra. Morwenna hasn't just starred in Peppa Pig. Peppa Pig's Mummy Pig gives birth to third baby as GMB reveals first pic and piglet's sweet name 14 She also wrote, produced and appeared in the British ensemble film The Announcement in 2001 and voiced Mrs Brown in the animated TV series of The Adventures of Paddington between 2019 and 2020. More recently she contributed to the writing of Apple TV's Slow Horses, a popular series based on Mick Herron's Slough House book series. Daddy Pig reveal 14 Meanwhile, Daddy Pig has been voiced by actor Richard Ridings for 163 episodes between 2004 and 2022. You may remember Richard from the hit ITV show Fat Friends, which aired between 2000 and 2005. The Kay Mellor drama explored the lives of several members of a slimming club in Leeds. Richard played Alan Ashburn for 14 episodes of Fat Friends but was a fan favourite. He has also appeared in BBC One comedy-drama Common as Muck. Peppa Pig millions 14 14 14 The main character Peppa is played by Amelie Bea Smith. It was reported she was set to make £1million in a year after taking over from Harley Bird, it was claimed. Harley reportedly made £1,000-an-hour as the voice of the cartoon porker, but it was thought Amelie could make twice as much. Harley was the third actress to voice Peppa, after Lily Snowden-Fine, who starred in its first series in 2004, and Cecily Bloom, who joined for the second run in 2006. Peppa's new sister 14 ITV's Entertainment Reporter Richard Arnold, 55, told how Daddy Pig had informed him of the happy news at 5.30am, shortly before the ITV daytime show hit screens. He then revealed the little one's name was Evie, with the adorable character completing the family. He said: "It brings me great joy to announce she's here. "It's a beautiful thing like I say Daddy Pig has just shared these pictures with me. "Named after Mummy Pig's aunt Evie." 14 Last month, the gender of Peppa's mum's unborn piglet was revealed. And back in February, Mummy Pig's maternity news first came to light on GMB. At the time, Richard cut live to Mummy Pig revealing that the parent - whose job involves doing "very important work" on her computer - and her husband Daddy Pig, who "takes big numbers, transmutes them and calculates their load-bearing tangents", were expecting another baby this summer. Viewers can expect to see the new baby on screen in the autumn.
